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Emma Watson doesn't balk at having spent ten years made up as the freckled and frumpy Hermione Granger. "I really use the discomfort, the itchiness, the backcombed hair to get into character," she has said. Even when it comes to her glamour moments—the 23-year-old has become a front row regular at Chanel and is the face of Lancome—she is strictly pragmatic. "I guess it's helpful for me to be seen away from Harry Potter," Watson has said. "You know: 'she can look different, she is older, she could be cast in other roles.'" With more movies on the way, we are guaranteed to see more of this reluctant English rose on the red carpet. And, lucky for Watson, there will be no extra freckles necessary. Today, Watson looks back on her appearance in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" with amusement: "It's like baby photos...I look like a chipmunk."

The sleek-looking "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" lead had a mature take on her future career: "The next things we do will prove whether we're made for this business, and whether we really can act."

For the MTV Movie Awards, Watson accented her pale, shimmery shadow with thick liner, lush lashes and a neutral lip. Watson's makeup artist Roz Music took inspiration from the jacaranda trees blooming in Los Angeles to create a look she described as "fairytale with an edge."